Table 1. Patients' clinical details.
| Mean | ||||||||
| Subjects | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Age | 18 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 |
| Sex | M | M | M | M | M | F | M | |
| Diagnosis | AD | AD | AD | ASD | AD | ASD | AD | |
| Weschler Scales (mean = 10, SD = 3) | ||||||||
| Block design | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8,5 |
| Similarities | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 10,5 |
| Matrix reasoning | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9,1 |
| Comprehension | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6,2 |
| TLOCC | ||||||||
| Comprehension (mean = 57,8; SD = 12,1) | 48 | 58 | 38 | 62 | 22 | 68 | 44 | 48,5 |
| Expression (mean = 46,1; SD = 14,4) | 20 | 42 | 27 | 58 | 14 | 68 | 24 | 36,1 |
| ADOS | ||||||||
| Communication (cut-off for autism = 3) | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5,1 |
| Social interaction (cut-off for autism = 6) | 11 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10,4 |
| Total C+SI (cut-off for autism = 10) | 15 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 15,5 |
| Speech abnormalities* (0 = normal, 2 = speech clearly abnormal) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1,7 |
(M: male; F: female; AD: autistic disorder; ASD: Asperger syndrome; SD: standard deviation; TLOCC: test de langage oral complexe pour collégiens; ADOS: autism diagnostic observation schedule; C: communication; SI: social interaction;
*: speech abnormalities associated with autism, coded item 2 of the ADOS Language and Communication domain).